Jets at Maple Leafs preview

JETS (7-3-1) at MAPLE LEAFS (7-3-0)
7 p.m. ET; CBC, SN360, NHL.TV

Jake Gardiner and Tyler Ennis will each play his 500th NHL game. Gardiner, who has spent his entire career with the Maple Leafs, has 221 points (42 goals, 179 assists). Ennis has 260 points (106 goals, 154 assists) with the Buffalo Sabres, Minnesota Wild and Maple Leafs.
Goaltender Connor Hellebuyck will start for the Jets, who are playing the second of back-to-back games and are 4-1-0 in their past five. Winnipeg won 2-1 at the Detroit Red Wings on Friday with Laurent Brossoit in goal. This will be their last game before facing the Florida Panthers in the 2018 NHL Global Series in Helsinki on Thursday.

Players to watch

Jets forward Mark Scheifele has seven points (three goals, four assists) during a four-game point streak.
Maple Leafs center John Tavares scored the fourth goal against the Jets on Wednesday. He has two points (one goal, one assist) in his past five games after starting the season with 10 points (six goals, four assists) in his first five.

They said it

"It's good, I think we ended up with seven minutes of zone time against (Toronto), but the things we need to correct and work on showed in that game and now we've got a chance to do that again." -- Jets coach Paul Maurice
"I think Jake's an elite, elite player. He has unreal hockey sense, makes great plays offensively, good defensively. Every once in a while you've got to give him a little tightening, but other than that he's a real good player for us." -- Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock on Jake Gardiner

Jets projected lineup

Nikolaj Ehlers -- Mark Scheifele -- Blake Wheeler
Kyle Connor -- Bryan Little -- Patrik Laine
Andrew Copp -- Adam Lowry -- Brandon Tanev
Brendan Lemieux -- Jack Roslovic -- Mathieu Perreault
Josh Morrissey -- Jacob Trouba
Ben Chiarot -- Dustin Byfuglien
Joe Morrow -- Tyler Myers
Connor Hellebuyck
Laurent Brossoit
Scratched: Dmitry Kulikov, Nic Petan
Injured:None

Maple Leafs projected lineup

Patrick Marleau -- Auston Matthews -- Kasperi Kapanen
Zach Hyman -- John Tavares -- Mitchell Marner
Par Lindholm -- Nazem Kadri -- Connor Brown
Tyler Ennis -- Frederik Gauthier -- Josh Leivo
Morgan Rielly -- Ron Hainsey
Jake Gardiner -- Nikita Zaitsev
Martin Marincin -- Igor Ozhiganov
Frederik Andersen
Garret Sparks
Scratched: Andreas Johnsson, Justin Holl
Injured:Travis Dermott (illness)

Status report

The Jets did not hold a full morning skate; Kulikov, Morrow, Petan and Brossoit were the only players who skated. … Dermott took part in the morning skate for the Maple Leafs but will not play.

Stat pack

Connor has five points (one goal, four assists) during a four-game point streak. Wheeler has six points (one goal, five assists) during five-game point streak. Laine has not had a point in his past four games. … Matthews has been held without a point in his past three games after starting the season with seven consecutive multipoint games. He is tied with David Pastrnak of the Boston Bruins for the NHL lead in goals with 10. Matthews and Laine were selected No. 1 and No. 2, respectively in the 2016 NHL Draft.